Bozzuto’s
Streamlining 40,000 inbound loads
Bozzuto’s turned to One Network to streamline its logistics processes and provide the foundation for an inbound transportation department to manage the 40,000 inbound loads that arrived every year at its 1-million-square-foot distribution center.
Prior to the implementation, the majority of Bozzuto's freight was prepaid, meaning that the shipments came with the shipping costs already built in. By taking control over the shipping of their freight from their vendors, >Bozzuto’s was able to reduce overall costs by sourcing their own shipping for less.
The distributor used One Network to quanitfy when it made sense to convert freight from prepaid to collect, in addition to capacity sourcing, rate confirmation, load tendering, carrier contract management, online appointment scheduling, and inbound transportation management.
Benefits of the deployment include: ROI payback in six months, identification of profitable backhaul opportunities, decreased excess inventory, reduced costs, and more. Just in the area of freight conversion, the company estimated it saved $500,000 in the first year and almost $900,000 in the second by using One Network.
Source: Supply Chain Systems Magazine, October 2003
